Bread sponge and dough raiser.



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APPLICATION FILED MAY 3| '1915.

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JAMES CORR, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

BREAD SPONGE AND DOUG-H BAISER.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES CORR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Jamaica, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bread Sponge and Dough Raiser, of

' which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

This invention relates to household and culinary appliances and has particular reference to an assemblage of containers adapt ed in the main to nest within one another and adapted for many and various uses.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide an apparatus useful particularly in rural or other homes which are frequently not thoroughly heated in cold weather, for the purpose of setting and raising bread sponge or dough, a container being arranged to receive the commodity to be treated, and surrounding such container are two or three other containers so proportioned and arranged as to provide a space separating each inner container from the next outer container, thereby insuringA sufficient warmth for a long period of time and without olanger of overheating at any time, the arrangei ment-furthermore providing for the use of hot .water as a source of heat.,

A further object of the invention is to provide a plurality of nested containers with peculiar lid formation providing that an innermost container may be inspected or removed by the removal' of a disk-like cover but leaving the annular space surrounding the same with its own separate cover undisturbed.

A still further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the means for connecting a bail to'a receptacle.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specifica-4 tion in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in 'both the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View showing a preferred embodiment of my invention complete; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional detail indicating the manner' of securing al bail to one of the receptacles and showing in larger view thepeculiar lid construction above referred to, the planel of this section being at right angles to that of Fig. 1.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 8, 1915. Serial No. 25,514.

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`The several parts of this device may be made of any sultable materials, and the relative sizes and proportions, as well as the general design of the mechanism, may be varied to a considerable extent without departing fromv the spirit of the invention hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I show an assemblage of at least three receptacles indicated at 10, 11 and 12. These receptacles are in the main of the same general shape but of diiferent'diameters, a receptacle of a smaller diameter fitting sufhciently loosely withinl a receptacle of the `next larger diameter to provide an apprej ciable space between the walls thereof. Any

suitable design or shape in cross section may be adopted in the construction of these receptacles, but I indicate them as of cylindrical form for convenience and as an indication of a suitable form. The receptacle 10 has a permanently connected tight bottom 13 and may be fitted with a suitable drainage faucet 14 for convenience of emptying water therefrom.

The receptacle 11, while ofsmaller diameter providing a spacel between it and the wall of thelreceptacle 10, yet is preferably of the same height as the outer receptacle. The upper end ofthe receptacle 11 may be bent or turned into a horizontal plane with upper edge of the receptacle 10. While the material, as intimated above, may vary according to' different conditions, I prefer to construct the devices ofsheet metal, and hence the-flange 16 may be ofthe same thickness as the main part of the receptac e 11. y

At 17 I show a flat disk-like lid having a rim 18 secured on-its lower face: and fitted within the flange 16 of the receptacle 11. The yrim is spaced inwardly from theextreme periphery of the disk 17. 'In other words, the projecting portion of the disk or lid 17 rests directly upon the inner half of thefflange 16. rIhe rim 18 furthermore prevents lateral movement of the lid. A:

suitable handle indicated by a knob 19 may lthe outermost receptacle. -This frim 21 strengthensA and s tiifens the lid l and cooperates with the lid 17 tomaintain the annular lid in steadyposition. Y. For the purpose-of treating breadsponge and bread dough for domestic'use in private families especially, the space or a considerable portion of the spaceY 15 is adapted to be -filled with warm or hot water, and it is desirable thatthe receptacle 11 be maintained substantially central with respect to` the.

outermost receptaclel so as to insure a space of uniform width around the device to secure the best results. Since, therefore, the two lidportions 17 and 20 are constructed concentrically of each other with the disk lid fitted within the annular slid, they constitute ameans to insure that the two receptacles 10 and 11 will be placed concen.

l trically.

. The receptacle 12 is preferably as much smaller inv diameter than the receptacle 11 as the receptaclell is smaller than the largest. Hence, a space4 22 is designed to be'left between the receptacles 11 and 12 for the. .Y circulation of air. vThis receptacle 12, however, ,is suiiiciently larger than the others surrounding it to provide a continuous air space across the top or lid 23 thereof. Each of the receptacles 11 and 12 has its bottom 24. spaced upwardly from the extreme lower edge of the wall structure to provide a space between it. and the next element below it of about -the same width or thickness as the lateral space and any suitable number or size of holes 25 may be formed throu h the lower end of the sidewall of each'o these receptacles to insure free circulation of air or water, as the case may be, beneath each of these bottoms. In other words, with the space 15 filled with water,the bottom space.

between the bottong M13 and 24 will likewise be filled with wfer,'and with the space 22 left as an air space between the receptacles 11 and 12, a corresponding air space will be.

left between the two bottoms 24.' The commodlty being treated, therefore, may -be placed directly in the receptacle 12 without dangerof it `being overheated because of the insulation resulting from the air space suri rounding the receptacle. 12 but withfsuithepurpose of the device, -such warmth being maintained by the fact that the lid 20 A la 'renewingnthe `space 15- .wi

`cient heat maintained. for a long period of time from the hot water in the space 15 for need never be removed excetpt for filling or In other words, the lid 17 maybe removed warm water.

its place or for inspection or treatment of the commodity therein.

While I show in the drawings a fourth receptacle 26, substantially similar in form and design to the receptacle 12 within which it is spaced .as the receptacle 12 is spaced from the receptacle 11, I do not rely upon its use for all purposes, especially for bread sponge and dough setting and raising. The bottom 27 of the innermost receptacle, while being elevated as above described above the lower edge of the side wall, it is not intended to provide free circulation beneath it as in other cases. I show a lid 28 for the innermost receptacle having' a relation thereto similar to that of the receptacle 12. This innermost receptacle 26 is useful especially in maintaining articles of food or the like warm for the longest period of time "by utilizing both the spaces 15 and 22l as hot water compartments. Similarlyany of the innermost receptacles may serve as a means for retaining articles of food cool when desired by the application of cold, water or ice in the outer spaces.

The outermost receptacle :may have pivoted handles 29- secured to ears 30 whereby the same may be ,manipulated conveniently but without obstructing the space surrounding the same, but each of the inner receptacles is preferably provided with a pivoted bail 31, peculiarly formed from a single heavy wire or rod, thefsame being bent into a Hat spiral or coil 32 lying atly against the outer face of a disk or reinforcement 33 secured to the outer wall of the receptacle,

the wire or rod passing thence inwardly through a hole in the diskfor wall where another coil or spiral is formed and lying against the inner wall of the receptacle. This provides'a very simple, cheap and re- -liable bail connection, allowing free swinging movement of the bail but preventing displacement or disconnection thereof from the receptacle.

I claim:

1. lIn a'device of the character set forth, the combination of an outermost receptacle havingA a tight bottom', a plurality of inner receptacles, each inner receptacle bein spaced from the next outer receptacle an having an elevated bottom with a splace beneath for communication with t e surrounding space between such receptacle and the next outer receptacle, and a lid for each receptacle, lthe lids for the largest tworece'ptacles tting to their receptacles in the same plane and each lid being removable independently of the other lid.

.f 2. In a device of the character set forth,

the vcombination of two receptacles, one within the other and having their u per edges lying substantially in the same p ane, the upper edge of the inner receptac e be- Maanen thereof and upon ythe outer portion of said flange. Y

JAMES CORR.

Witnesses:

Guo. L. BEELER, PHiLIP D. RoLLHAUs. 

